Ineedsnow ski holidays blog » Zillertal Arena http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog ineedsnow for ski / snowboard holidays Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:52:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 New snow in Gerlos http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/new-snow-in-gerlos/ http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/new-snow-in-gerlos/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:09:33 +0000 mat http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=1041 Spring has been here in Austria for the last few weeks but temperatures have dropped again and my weekend in Gerlos has seen 2 consecutive snowy mornings and whilst the snow has been heavy late in the day at resort level the snow at the top sections of the Zillertal Arena has been powder. Check out the latest snow report from today in Gerlos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca40ETX4vQo

]]> http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/new-snow-in-gerlos/feed/ 0 Gerlos powder skiing http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/gerlos-powder-skiing/ http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/gerlos-powder-skiing/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:26:12 +0000 mat http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=1031 banks of powder in Gerlos - image © www.ineedsnow.com

banks of powder in Gerlos - image © www.ineedsnow.com

Just back from skiing in Gerlos and scored a major powder day. The sun was intermittent but the visibility was good for almost all the day and the snow was sensational. There was so much un-tracked powder just next to the pistes and lifts it was bewildering. Maybe there were better secret stashes on offer for the locals but from what I could see there was several days good powder skiing lying in wait for anyone wanting it. Great day!

]]> http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/gerlos-powder-skiing/feed/ 0 Captain Spock and the Titanic in the Zillertal Arena http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/captain-spock-and-the-titanic-in-the-zillertal-arena/ http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/captain-spock-and-the-titanic-in-the-zillertal-arena/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:07:00 +0000 mat http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=1020 The annual Stroh Juchee festival in the Zillertal Arena - image © www.ineedsnow.com

The annual Stroh Juchee festival in the Zillertal Arena - image © www.ineedsnow.com

I spent the day in the Zillertal Arena yesterday and watched the Stroh Juchee event – a bit like a carnival procession on ski piste, with locals trying to stop their ‘floats’ from making a hasty decent into the Zillertal Valley. It was great fun and amongst the 7000 in attendance there were very many families. Titanic and the USS Enterprise were there whilst the music and après ski action went on all afternoon.

Raising the Titanic - image © www.ineedsnow.com

Raising the Titanic - image © www.ineedsnow.com

]]> http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/captain-spock-and-the-titanic-in-the-zillertal-arena/feed/ 0 Zillertal Arena – opening day you’ll find me there http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/zillertal-arena-opening-day-youll-find-me-there/ http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/zillertal-arena-opening-day-youll-find-me-there/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:06:28 +0000 mat http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=991 It has been a great glacier skiing season this autumn, certainly the best conditions in the whole of the Alps on the Austrian glaciers and at times as good as any recent years. Painful as it is I have yet to score a powder day – I have friends in Innsbruck who have already got several under their belt. Not to worry, as soon as it opens I will be heading to the Zillertal Arena for some remedial action – I have only discovered this region over the last couple of seasons, with so much skiing in the Zillertal Valley I found it easy to stick with what I knew and always bypassed the Zillertal Arena. No more, this area is without doubt one of the very best ski region in the Alps. It has height, skiing to over 2500m, it has vertical, almost 2km above Zell am Ziller, great ski-in, ski-out resort living in Konigsleiten and for those needing après ski then Gerlos is the place to be. As soon as the Zillertal Arena opens then I am heading there and when I make that 2km descent down to Zell am Ziller I am going to thinking of sipping a Zillertaler Beer, metres from the brewery.

]]> http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/zillertal-arena-opening-day-youll-find-me-there/feed/ 0 Images of 08/09 – November powder in Gerlos http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/images-of-08-09-november-powder-gerlos/ http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/images-of-08-09-november-powder-gerlos/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:35:26 +0000 mat http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=800 Whilst the rest of the Alps were in Autumnal mood, these hard core boarders were walking for their turns in Gerlos, a resort in the Zillertal Arena. I was their to shoot some images of the resorts of the Zillertal Arena and saw these guys waste deep in snow trudging up the back of a dam. I am not sure of the legality of it all but the turns they had were well worth any repercussions – awesome conditions!

Powder on the backside of the dam, Gerlos - image © ineedsnow.com

Lift-off, Gerlos - image © ineedsnow.com

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Zillertal Arena – snow and scenery as good as you will ever find - image © ineedsnow.com

Zillertal Arena – snow and scenery as good as you will ever find - image © ineedsnow.com


Whilst conditions today were certain to favour the Zillertal Arena with cold and clear skies, there is no doubt that the ski region is one of the very best in Europe for intermediate skiers and snowboarders. It is high, varied and extensive, not just in terms of densely packed ski pistes but instead it reaches right out from Zell am Ziller to Hochkrimml. The resorts of Konigsleiten and Hochkrimml also offer something of a rarity in Austria, ski-in, ski-out, chalet accommodation resorts and fortunately not a single building is large or overpowering. For beginners the Hochkrimml area is ideal with wide and gentle slopes whilst Konigsleiten has a huge area of off-piste to explore. I skied all 4 regions of the Zillertal Arena today starting from Gerlos and whilst most of the Alps are enjoying a sensational Christmas period, the conditions in the Zillertal Arena today were really incredible. The highlight of the day was the region around the Wilde Krimml where the Zell am Ziller and Gerlos ski areas meet. There are several flat sections in this long connecting ski route but there was some great powder and the scenery was as good as I have seen. If you haven’t been to the Zillertal Arena, then go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZbgqRsAnZs

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